A couple of days ago, with the weather forecasting sunny intervals, I decided  to visit Grafham Water for the Green-winged Teal that had been reported there just before the weekend. The only time that I had photographed this species was over 10 years ago at Titchwell, and into the sun too, so the shots were nothing to write home about!!!

Arriving, the weather was heavy cloud, not ideal for photographing wildfowl on water, but the target bird was in the southern corner of the dam and relatively close. Patience required, The bird got closer and the weather got darker. Sods Law!!!

Still, I persevered during the morning and am relatively happy with the shots in the circumstances but some sun would have been nice.

Walking up the dam, a Common Sandpiper was very flighty but, with perseverance, I manged to get close enough for a shot, followed by a flight shot after it saw my camera above the dam wall.

And then the rain started so it was time to go home.

Not a bad morning for a change.